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These 'wine temples' changed Argentina's wine industry

Wine tasting in Argentina is like a religion at these ‘wine temples’

24/04/2021

Russia

Russia's military cathedral

A huge cathedral outside Moscow dedicated to Russia's armed forces has been consecrated after it's planned opening was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic

14/06/2020

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Prince Charles flips Indian flatbread at community kitchen in New Delhi

Prince Charles visited Sikh temple, Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in the Indian capital New Delhi on Wednesday (November 13), a day after the Sikh community celebrated the 550th birth anniversary of the Sikhism founder, Guru Nanak.

13/11/2019

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Buddhist parade brings in the crowds in Sri Lanka's capital

Drummers, traditional dancers and decorated elephants took part in the event.

19/02/2019

India

Protests erupt after two women make landmark step in Indian temple

Two women were the first to step foot in a Hindu temple in India after a Supreme Court ruling in September overturned a ban on women of menstrating age from entering. Their actions raised the ire of conservative worshippers who protested the women's entry to the temple.

02/01/2019

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Zenkoji year end temple cleaning

Monks at Zenkoji temple in Nagano City, central Japan, brush off the dust accumulated throughout this year in a traditional ritual

29/12/2017

Israel

Jerusalem tense as age limit imposed on al-Aqsa mosque

The police were braced for possible violence, but in the end Friday prayers were relatively peaceful

28/07/2017

Israel

New questions over security at Jerusalem holy site

New security cameras reportedly installed at the entrance of the Jerusalem mosque at the centre of deadly new tension between Israelis and Palestinians

23/07/2017

Israel

Dozens injured in clashes at al Aqsa mosque

Musims protest over Israeli security measures imposed at religious site in Jerusalem - dozens injured in clashes

19/07/2017

Pakistan

Pakistan's PM reaches out to minorities during Hindu temple visit

The restoration of an ancient Hindu temple complex in Punjab has been inaugurated by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

12/01/2017

Indonesia

Indonesian police detain seven following temple fires

Seven people have been detained in Indonesia in connection with fires at a number of Buddhist temples in the north of Sumatra island.

30/07/2016

World News

Palmyra's past 'not beyond repair'

Syria's antiquities chief announces some of the ancient city can be rebuilt what had previously thought destroyed by ISIL militants.

02/04/2016

Syria

ISIL destroy ancient temple at Palmyra

Islamist extremists blow up a 2,000-year-old Roman building called the Baalshamin Temple which formed part of the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria.

24/08/2015